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*One thing I wanted to do with this book was address one of my own personal weirdnesses about the Star Trek universe, and that is... where are all the Chinese people? Sulu is Japanese, Kim is Korean... and almost all of the background extras are either Caucasian or African. In the super egalitarian, almost stateless Star Trek future it seems odd to wholly omit a country which at present is home to 1/4 of the world's population and growing. I mean... wouldn't that mean the average population of Humans aboard a starship would be 1/4 Chinese? So where are they all? | *One thing I wanted to do with this book was address one of my own personal weirdnesses about the Star Trek universe, and that is... where are all the Chinese people? Sulu is Japanese, Kim is Korean... and almost all of the background extras are either Caucasian or African. In the super egalitarian, almost stateless Star Trek future it seems odd to wholly omit a country which at present is home to 1/4 of the world's population and growing. I mean... wouldn't that mean the average population of Humans aboard a starship would be 1/4 Chinese? So where are they all? | ||
===Follow up: I have to play devil's advocate. While looking into the Post-atomic horror, I found this on Memory Alpha... | ===Follow up: I have to play devil's advocate. While looking into the Post-atomic horror, I found this on Memory Alpha...=== | ||
"The term post-atomic horror was used by future Earth historians to refer to the global turmoil which resulted after the end of the Third World War in 2053. Because the war was a nuclear exchange, large populations of Humans were bombed out of existence, and the survivors were placed in jeopardy by radioactivity, supply shortages, and the collapse of most of the major governments. " | "The term post-atomic horror was used by future Earth historians to refer to the global turmoil which resulted after the end of the Third World War in 2053. Because the war was a nuclear exchange, large populations of Humans were bombed out of existence, and the survivors were placed in jeopardy by radioactivity, supply shortages, and the collapse of most of the major governments. " | ||